OH CRAP!...handles.... - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

dammitmitchell · 05-06-2009, 08:07 PM

does any one have pictures or reccomendations on where and how to mount or make them?
i would like to see our input..
im thinking on my "A"pillar with some aftermarket ones.. or making some outta scrap steel stock layin around and weld them in place... but not tooo sure..
(dont want to screw into or weld onto a pillar..)

whaddya all think?

muddobber · 05-06-2009, 10:08 PM

i ve got some mounted to the top of the cab above the door. jus used the late 80s model upper door panel handles ,used self tapping screws and snapped the covers over them and they lok factory to me and everyone else. as for sturdyness they will lift all240 of me in for the last 4 years with no problems

**special-K** · 05-07-2009, 07:01 AM

Chicken bars is what we called them.I had one mounted to the steel dash on my`69 Power Wagon with spongey pipe insulation covering it.
How will you secure it w/o screws or welding?I have some outside grab handles from a medium duty I want to use on the A-pillar.

dammitmitchell · 05-07-2009, 09:20 AM

oh no i will screw or weld..
i just did no want to do it to the a pillar (im not a body guy.. dont know if it's blow a hole in it..)

05-06-2009, 08:07 PM	#1
dammitmitchell the pollock Join Date: May 2008 Location: abilene, texas Posts: 4,423	OH CRAP!...handles.... does any one have pictures or reccomendations on where and how to mount or make them? i would like to see our input.. im thinking on my "A"pillar with some aftermarket ones.. or making some outta scrap steel stock layin around and weld them in place... but not tooo sure.. (dont want to screw into or weld onto a pillar..) whaddya all think? __________________ Jack of ALL trades, Master of none.. (but one... procrastination) Army vet 02-08 RIP El Jay! Miss you brother! http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=343538 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=386042

05-06-2009, 10:08 PM	#2
muddobber muddobber Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: lavaca ar Posts: 78	Re: OH CRAP!...handles.... i ve got some mounted to the top of the cab above the door. jus used the late 80s model upper door panel handles ,used self tapping screws and snapped the covers over them and they lok factory to me and everyone else. as for sturdyness they will lift all240 of me in for the last 4 years with no problems

05-07-2009, 07:01 AM	#3
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: OH CRAP!...handles.... Chicken bars is what we called them.I had one mounted to the steel dash on my`69 Power Wagon with spongey pipe insulation covering it. How will you secure it w/o screws or welding?I have some outside grab handles from a medium duty I want to use on the A-pillar. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

05-07-2009, 09:20 AM	#4
dammitmitchell the pollock Join Date: May 2008 Location: abilene, texas Posts: 4,423	Re: OH CRAP!...handles.... oh no i will screw or weld.. i just did no want to do it to the a pillar (im not a body guy.. dont know if it's blow a hole in it..) __________________ Jack of ALL trades, Master of none.. (but one... procrastination) Army vet 02-08 RIP El Jay! Miss you brother! http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=343538 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=386042

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